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The tail feathers are very short and similar colour to the back. The plumage on the back of the bird is brown. The coverts and wing feathers are also brown but have black spotting on them. The common ground dove has chestnut primaries and wing borders, which can only be seen when the bird is flying. The common ground dove shows some sexual ...
At a sample location at coordinates mean annual temperature is just under 24 °C (75 °F), with average maximum of 30 °C (86 °F) and minimum of 18 °C (64 °F). Mean monthly temperatures range from 21.6 °C (70.9 °F) in July–August to 26.9 °C (80.4 °F) in February–March. [5]
Eurasian and red-breasted nuthatches are lowland birds in the north of their extensive ranges, but breed in the mountains further south; for example, the Eurasian nuthatch, which breeds where the July temperature range is 16–27 °C (61–81 °F), is found near sea level in Northern Europe, but between 1,750 and 1,850 m (5,740 and 6,070 ft ...
The whinchat is a short-tailed bird, moving on the ground with small, rapid hops and frequently bobbing and flicking its wings and tail. [15] It is similar in size to its relative the European robin ( Erithacus rubecula ), being 12 to 14 cm (4.7 to 5.5 in) long and weighing 13 to 26 g (0.46 to 0.92 oz).
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Equatorial Guinea.The avifauna of Equatorial Guinea include a total of 837 species.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
Sunbird are active diurnal birds that generally occur in pairs or occasionally in small family groups. A few species occasionally gather in larger groups, and sunbird will join with other birds to mob potential predators, although sunbirds will also aggressively target other species, even if they are not predators, when defending their ...
The birds are best known for building massive nest mounds of decaying vegetation, which the male attends, adding or removing litter to regulate the internal heat while the eggs develop. However, some bury their eggs in other ways; there are burrow-nesters which use geothermal heat, and others which simply rely on the heat of the sun warming the ...
In the southern parts of its range, this bird lays its eggs earlier; for example, from mid-April to mid-May in Costa Rica. [ 6 ] The northern rough-winged swallow lays a single clutch , although sometimes another clutch is laid if the first one fails, [ 6 ] of four to eight [ 5 ] glossy white eggs that measure about 20 by 14 mm (0.79 by 0.55 in ...